Mumbai, May 18: Tamil superstar Vikram, who makes his Bollywood debut with Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, says co-star Aishwarya Rai was equivalent to a hero in the film as she braved wounds, fever and insect bites while shooting in the forests. And Abhishek Bachchan, he adds, is the perfect brat.
“There are three main characters, me, Abhishek and Aishwarya. I’ve done a lot of tortuous sequences in the past. But this one takes the cake and the ache. And Aishwarya suffered all the wounds, pain, fever and insect bites heroically in the forests. For all the dangerous scenes she hardly ever used a duplicate. She was totally up to the task,” Vikram told IANS.
The 44-year-old actor endured quite a bit of pain too. “Bruises, wounds, sprained ankle...you name it. During the climactic fight I had a catch in my back. I couldn’t walk, let alone fight. I had my physiotherapist with me to relieve my muscle pain,” he said. But Vikram can’t stop praising Aishwarya, specially her dancing skills. “I always felt Madhuri Dixit was the best dancer ever. But then I saw how Aishwarya held her own in Devdas. I thought it fantastic. It was really nice to see her dance. I just forgot my own steps and kept staring. Every hero from the south wants to work with her at some point in his career...I got my opportunity finally. It’s wonderful that I’m making my Hindi debut with her...She has some kind of an enduring aura. Over the years she has really evolved as an actor,” Vikram said.
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